This probably won't help, but I've had some success with this. From the Finder go to View>Clean Up. All your icons will shift a little (some maybe more then a little). Then put the icon where you want it. Restart and see if it stays put. Like I said, I've had a little success with this.
[quote]I have this ONE icon that keeps moving @ every startup...
is there any way to prevent this?
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don't ever re-start your computer...problem solved ....sorry had to be a smart ass....have no solution for you....my hard drive icon moves a couple of centimeters with every restart for some reason or another....g
Try clicking on the desktop and pressing cmd+j. This will bring up the view options. Select "keep arranged". That oughta do it unless you like to arrange your icons in a special (ie, non-linear) way.
2) you could try and boot into OS 9 and delete the .DS_Store file in the OS X desktop folder (if there is one). Otherwise, delete it through a Terminal session. That will kill the folder prefs.
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dammit! only that ONE icon!
that's one out of the 7 I have on the desktop
is there any way to prevent this?
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don't ever re-start your computer...problem solved
1) put the app/file/folder in the dock
or
2) you could try and boot into OS 9 and delete the .DS_Store file in the OS X desktop folder (if there is one). Otherwise, delete it through a Terminal session. That will kill the folder prefs.